Although much has been learned from cross-sectional research on marriage, an
understanding of how marriages develop, succeed, and fail is best achieved with …

Most of the quantitative research on marital quality in the 1980s dealt with issues
emphasized in earlier research, but on the average the 1980s studies were …

This study examines the manner in which perceptions of relational maintenance strategies
used in romantic dyads vary according to relationship type (married, engaged, seriously …

Utilizing equity theory, this study extends previous research on maintenance strategies. The
manner in which relational maintenance strategies are reported and perceived is examined …

Consultative authoritarianism challenges existing conceptions of nondemocratic
governance. Citizen participation channels are designed to improve policymaking and …

A relational approach to the study of interpersonal communication Close Encounters:
Communication in Relationships, Fifth Edition helps students better understand their …

This article examines a fundamental problem in research using self-report measures of
marriage: attempts have been made to measure and explain variance in marital quality …

Although theoretical statements regarding the conceptualization of marital commitment
abound in the literature, no research has attempted to compare these conceptualizations …

In this review, the self-report measures used to assess various constructs of concern to
marital researchers are critically examined, with specific attention to selected indicators of …

Conceptual frameworks are often organized around a metaphor (Gergen et al., 1980). When
the metaphor is powerful and embraced by the culture, the framework is easily understood …